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Key Skills Reference

The ~20 most important skills for Luci's daily operations, grouped by category. For the full list of 110 active skills, run ls ~/.claude/skills/.

Development

Skill Description Triggers
dev-loop Universal entry point for ALL code changes. Classifies into Tier 1 (one-shot), Tier 2 (plan+build+review), or Tier 3 (research+TDD+council). Mandatory for every ticket worker. Any MC ticket pickup, "dev loop", "plan and build", "TDD"
investigate Systematic debugging with root cause analysis. Four phases: investigate, analyze, hypothesize, implement. Iron law: no fixes without root cause. "debug this", "fix this bug", "why is broken", "root cause"
review Pre-landing PR review. Checks for SQL safety, LLM trust boundary violations, conditional side effects. "review this PR", "code review", "pre-landing review"
qa Systematic QA testing of web apps. Finds bugs, then iteratively fixes them with atomic commits and re-verification. "qa", "test this site", "find bugs", "test and fix"
ship Ship workflow: merge base branch, run tests, review diff, bump VERSION, update CHANGELOG, commit, push, create PR. "ship", "deploy", "push to main", "create a PR"
playwright Browser automation and E2E testing with Playwright CLI. Auto-detects dev servers, writes test scripts. "playwright", "e2e test", "browser test", "test login flow"

Research and Analysis

Skill Description Triggers
deep-research Multi-source research with synthesis. Handles comparisons, competitive analysis, best practices, community sentiment. "research", "investigate", "compare options", "what's the best way to", "X vs Y"
second-opinion Council of AI models (Gemini + Codex minimum, all 4 for architecture). Single model for debugging, full council for design reviews. "second opinion", "ask codex", "ask gemini", "council review", "stuck on this bug"
munger Run decisions through Charlie Munger's mental models -- 25 cognitive biases, inversion, latticework analysis. Evaluating decisions, investments, strategies, partnerships

Document Processing

Skill Description Triggers
xlsx Read, edit, create spreadsheets (.xlsx, .xlsm, .csv, .tsv). Handles formulas, formatting, charting, data cleaning. Any spreadsheet file reference, "the xlsx", "update the spreadsheet"
pdf Full PDF toolkit: read, merge, split, rotate, watermark, fill forms, encrypt/decrypt, OCR scanned documents. Any .pdf file reference, "combine PDFs", "extract from PDF"
docx Create, read, edit Word documents with professional formatting. "Word doc", ".docx", "create a document"
pptx Create and manipulate PowerPoint presentations. Any .pptx file reference, "slide deck", "presentation"
gemini-transcribe Transcribe audio files using Google Gemini with speaker diarization and multi-language support. "transcribe", "speech-to-text", "meeting transcription"

Communication and Email

Skill Description Triggers
email-index Query the indexed email database (2,026 emails across 23 projects) on Luci via SSH. Historical lookups only. "emails about", "emails from", "email history", "past emails"
inbox-assist Interactive email assistant for Gmail and MS365 Outlook. Scans inbox, shows actionable emails, does full work (attachments, research, drafting). "check email", "inbox", "email assistant"
m365 Microsoft 365 integration: Outlook email, calendar, Teams, OneDrive, tasks. "send email", "check calendar", "meeting availability"

Browser and Web

Skill Description Triggers
browse Fast headless browser (~100ms/command). Navigate URLs, interact with elements, take annotated screenshots, test responsive layouts, verify deployments. "open in browser", "test the site", "check the page", "screenshot"
defuddle Extract clean markdown from web pages using Defuddle CLI. Removes clutter and navigation to save tokens. Any URL to read or analyze, documentation pages, articles

Infrastructure and Ops

Skill Description Triggers
luci Dispatch work to Luci. Schedule recurring tasks, check status, retrieve results from completed tasks. "luci", "background", "schedule", "overnight", "run this later"
self-improve Scans session transcripts for unsaved learnings, corrections, friction, and repeated patterns. Proposes saves to memory, rules, skills, CLAUDE.md. "self-improve", "review sessions", "what did we learn"
health Code quality dashboard. Runs type checker, linter, test runner, dead code detector. Computes weighted 0-10 score with trend tracking. "health check", "code quality", "how healthy"

Domain-Specific (FlySafair)

Skill Description Triggers
safair-dashboard Build the FlySafair CEO HTML dashboard with charts, KPIs, and interactive reports. "CEO dashboard", "update dashboard", "rebuild dashboard"
encft-finance Financial management for Portfolio.xlsx, entity bookkeeping (Werda, ENC Family Trust), group financials. "portfolio", "financial statements", "entity books"
booking-curve Pull FlySafair booking curve data from Neon PostgreSQL. "booking curve", "pull booking data"

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